The Clock of the Long Now - Long Now
WEBIn 02024, Danny Hillis answered frequently asked questions about The Clock. In 02022, the bells of The Clock pealed for the first time. This footage is from the new documentary We Are As Gods, which explores the many legacies of Long Now co-founder Stewart Brand. Video unavailable.
LONG NOW — fostering long term thinking
WEBEveryone everywhere is invited to join us on this journey. Our global membership program connects over 11,000 individuals across more than 65 countries to a whole world of long-term thinking. TOP: Long Now members in conversation at The Interval. BOTTOM: The Interval, The Long Now Foundation's bar, café, museum and event space. The Long Now ...
Projects - Long Now
WEBThe Long Now Foundation. 2 Marina Boulevard. Fort Mason Center, Building A. San Francisco, California 94123. Our most significant forays into long-term thinking.
Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought - Long Now
WEBMar 5, 2014 · In October 02010 Lera Boroditsky spoke for Long Now on How Language Shapes Thought in a talk that resonates with the Rosetta Project, Long Now’s language preservation project. SALT audio is free for everyone on our Seminar pages and via podcast. Long Now members can see all Seminar videos in HD. Video of the 12 most recent Seminars is also ...
Danny Hillis - Long Now
WEBW. Daniel ("Danny") Hillis is the co-founder of Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists and artists that develop technology solutions in partnership with leading companies and entrepreneurs. He is also the co-founder of Applied Minds, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab, the Widney Professor of Engineering and ...
The Truth About Antarctica - Long Now
WEBFeb 21, 2023 · The only continent with no history of human habitation, the vast ice fields of Antarctica have formed a blank slate onto which humanity can project itself: all of itself, from the heroic, imperial superego to the conspiratorial id. It has attracted pilgrims and truth-seekers, scientists and artists, writers and soldiers.
Stewart Brand - Long Now
WEBStewart Brand is co-founder and president of The Long Now Foundation and co-founder of Global Business Network. He created and edited the Whole Earth Catalog (National Book Award), and co-founded the Hackers Conference and The WELL. His books include The Clock of the Long Now; How Buildings Learn; and The Media Lab.
Stewart Brand
WEB“Smart, practical, wise and full of goodwill.” —RICHARD RHODES “This is a short course on how to change your mind intelligently.” —KEVIN KELLY “…charts a way forward that shatters conventional thinking, and yet leaves one brimming with hope. It has been years since I have read a book that in so many ways changed the way I think about so many fundamental issues.” —WADE DAVIS ...
The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight
WEBJan 29, 2019 · The 26,000-Year Astronomical Monument Hidden in Plain Sight. The western flank of the Hoover Dam holds a celestial map that marks the time of the dam’s creation based on the 25,772-year axial precession of the earth. By Alexander Rose @zander. Jan 29, 02019. One of the two massive bronze cast sculptures that flank Hoover Dam’s Monument Plaza.
Long Now Years: Five-digit Dates and Y10K-compliance at Home
WEBThe Long Now Foundation uses five-digit dates to guard against the deca-millennium bug (the “Y10K” problem) which will come into effect in about 8,000 years. As you may have noticed any reference we make to a year begins with a zero: 01977, 03012, 02000, 00521, 01215, etc. It’s an idiosyncrasy to which we are dedicated.